Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgements xiv
5. Abbreviations xvi
6. In Search of Isaiah Berlin 1
7. Tributes
8. Introduction 10
9. Noel Annan 11
10. Stuart Hampshire 15
11. Avishai Margalit 18
12. Bernard Williams 21
13. Katharine Graham 25
14. Arthur Schlesinger 28
15. James Billington 31
16. Robert Silvers 34
17. Charles Taylor 37
18. Isaiah in person
19. Introduction 39
20. Isaiah As I Knew Him 40
21. So Much There 55
22. Akhmatova and Sir 62
23. Run Over by Isaiah 82
24. Working for Isaiah 87
25. New York City, Autumn 1966 95
26. Lunching with Isaiah 103
27. A Luminous Personality 109
28. In the President’s Office 114
29. Tea at the Athenaeum 124
30. Some Musical Encounters 130
31. Editing Berlin, Interpreting Berlin 135
32. One of the Giants of the Twentieth Century 145
33. The Day After 151
34. Fast Talker 155
35. Isaiah the Jew 157
36. All Ears 169
37. A Philosopher’s Stroll 174
38. Berlin in Autumn: The Philosopher in Old Age 176
39. When a Sage Dies, All Are His Kin 186
40. The Last Englishman 197
41. BERLIN ON PAPER
42. Introduction 201
43. The Value of the Personal 202
44. A Berlinian Education 216
45. The Legacy of Open Thought 223
46. The Fox Is Still Running 231
47. Isaiah Berlin on Himself 238
48. The Berlin Papers in the Bodleian Library 247
49. Elysian Schools 260
50. Appendix
51. For the Benefit of My Son 263
52. The Contributors 320
53. Index 323